So the last few days have been interesting. Yesterday, I had my first exhibition! Just to clarify, this is not just for me xD It's just a selected few works that my film teacher and some fine arts teacher chose to exhibit. So the short clip that me and my friends did got the opportunity to show it to the public! ><" So around 6pm we went into Screen Space (the place where the exhibit is held) and watched the few works on display. In total, there are 6 works? Plus one live performance work. A lot of these works are really out there, to be honest, I still don't really get them. I watched them all at least three times, but still doesn't make much sense. A lot of people turned up, a lot more than I expected. Which was pretty awesome =D=D My friend's families came along, which felt a bit awkward because I had no one with me. That was my own decision though I guess, I never told my parents about it, and even if they did come, they wouldn't understand any of it. But anyway, at the start I got interrogated by my friend's dad o.O He literally kept asking me questions about the video, and I'm looking at my other friend to help me out ><" I mean, for our piece, we really didn't really have much of a purpose- we just wanted to make a film that was..funny? But eventually that ended and we ended up watching all the vids again. Lol this might sound a tad obnoxious, but I felt kind of popular that night ><" I wore a dress yesterday, thinking that I should at least look nice for my first( and probably last) exhibition. Guys are so superficial like that >.> At uni we don't really talk that much, but suddenly you have a lot to say? =.=" It was kind of nice though because I've been feeling so low, so it was nice to have a confidence boost.
Unfortunately I still have to commit to the exhibition, which we found out on the night =/ They want us to do 3 six hour sittings, preferably separate till the end of the exhibit. Really inconvenient seeing as I have 4/5 days I'm at uni. And I would prefer to have the whole weekend to do homework. So at the moment it looks like I'll have to do the Saturday shifts, which I'll have to confirm with the rest of my group. If anyone is free, please visit me! :D:D Here's the event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/268130343261909/
After that we went to the pancake parlour for dinner, although more like dessert for me><" In the end I couldn't finish it, only eating about 1/3 of the Bavarian apple pancake. I think I was a little put off by one of the videos ^^" Overall it ended on a good note, despite the crazy rain. \
TODAY> FEELING WEIRD. Today I had anatomical drawing. During the first half hour, we watched this guy torture himself. Some of it was rather cringe worthy. There was him, half naked, crawling across a floor of glass because it looked like "stars". Him getting shot by his friend in the arm. Another video of him, trying to breathe water for several minutes. These videos are like something you'd watch in an art film or something (which I guess it essentially is), but I've always thought of it as acting- that it isn't real, just a show. It kind of scares me what people are willing to do for the sake of art. Like killing animals just to take pictures of it for example. I don't know if that's true, but I wouldn't be too surprised :/
After that, we proceeded to draw. After half an hour of that, we had a chance to see a cadaver. I had a quick think about it, wondering if I should go or not. I decided to go because it would be a good chance to take a look. I don't know if I regret it or not. It all felt quite surreal until you could smell the stench. The smell. I can still imagine that rancid smell unfortunately. I did my best to not inhale too much, else I think it would have gotten to me. The cadavers are apparently stored for 6 months or so before they're allowed to be dissected. The skin looked quite yellow, tad withered away. Like I said, it felt quite surreal. I sort of imagined it as a plastic life like model of the body. Or maybe something like Ron Mueck. But not really real. This also got me thinking about if I died, what would I want to do with my body? It's not the first time I've thought about it though. Donate it? Bury it? Cremate it? I don't suppose a lot of people our age really think about stuff like this. Honestly, it kind of creeps me out too.
But yes, last few days have been..interesting.
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